Ice-creeper



T. SAlA AND M. BUTE-RA.

ICE CREEPER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11, 1920.

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THOMAS SAIA AND MIKE BUTERA, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

\ ICE-CREEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

Application filed February 11, 1920. Serial No. 357,901.

v a new and useful Improvement in lce-Jreepers, of which improvement the following is a specification. 7

Our invention relates in particular to ice creepers of the class applied to the heel of the shoe.

Our invention has for its objects, to provide a simple and practical ice creeper adapted to be readily applied as a cover to the shoe heel and. be self retainin and wherein the U7 creeper portion proper may readily be removed and the cover worn as a substitute for a rubber heel.

l Vith the above objects in view, the invention consists in certain features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more specifically described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, Figure l is a side elevation of a shoe showing the application of our improved creeper thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan of said creeper, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, in section, on the line X-X of Fig. 2.

The invention comprises a heel cap formed of soft rubber, which is adapted to be fitted over and bind upon the shoe heel by its elastic property. This cap comprises the thickened tread portion 1, having the integral upstanding breast flange 2 to engage the sole and forward part of the shoe heel, and the upstanding elastic band portion 3, said breast portion being somewhat rigid so as to act as a brace against displacement of the cap when applied to a. shoe heel. This cap is further provided with a crescent shaped depression l in the upper rear portion or" the tread and also with openings formed therethrough into which are fixed the eyelets 5. A crescent shaped creeper plate 6 provided with prongs 7, is loosely fitted into said depression with the prongs extending through the eyelets 5. To form a solid backing and retain the creeper plate in position during service, a metal plate (3 is hingedly attached to a bar 9 arranged in the forward end of the heel cap.

in practice, the device is applied to the shoe heel, such as 10 in Fig. 1, by first stretching the elastic portion 3, which upon being released binds tightly in place about the shoe heel. When it is desired to not use the creeper portion of the device, the cap is removed from the heel and the plate 8 raised, after which the creeper is removed and the plate 8 returned to its normal position. The cap may then be replaced on the shoe heel and worn as a rubber heel, or if not so used may be carried in the pocket.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, is

1. An ice creeping device comprising a rubber heel cap including a heel tread portion and integral breast and elastic band portions, adapted to fit over a shoe heel and be retained thereon by the band portion, said tread portion of the cap being provided with openings therethrough, a removable creeper having its prongs extending through the said tread openings, and a plate disposed in said cap to retain the creeper in place.

2. an ice creeping crevice comprising a rubber heel cap including a heel tread portion and integral breast and elastic band portions, adapted to fit over a shoe heel and be retained thereon by the band portion, said tread portion of the cap being provided with openings therethrough which are reinforced by metal eyelets, a removable creeper having its prongs extending through said open ings, and a plate hingedly arranged in said cap to retain the creeper in place.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS SAIA. MIKE BUTERA. In the presence of R. S. IIARRISON, NICK DELLA. 

